Evaluation of the Widal tube agglutination test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever among children admitted to a rural hdospital in Tanzania and a comparison with previous studies

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of typhoid fever is confirmed by culture of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi (S. typhi). However, a more rapid, simpler, and cheaper diagnostic method would be very useful especially in developing countries. The Widal test is widely used in Africa but little information e...

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Autores principales: Ley, Benedikt, Mtove, George, Thriemer, Kamala, Amos, Ben, von Seidlein, Lorenz, Hendriksen, Ilse, Mwambuli, Abraham, Shoo, Aikande, Malahiyo, Rajabu, Ame, Shaali M, Kim, Deok R, Ochiai, Leon R, Clemens, John D, Reyburn, Hugh, Wilfing, Harald, Magesa, Stephen, Deen, Jacqueline L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-180

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